Pip is a poor orphan, a boy with "no expectations" being raised by his unkind sister and her husband in a small home on the marshes of Kent. But when Pip meets the bizarre Miss Havisham and her beautiful ward, Estella, he starts to yearn for a life as a gentleman. However, Pip will discover that wealth and honesty do not go hand in hand, and that kindness can be found in the most surprising places.

A love story, a mystery, and a sharp critique of upper-class English society, Great Expectation...

Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Haversham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted room-m...

Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in serial form from 1860 to 1861 and later as a complete novel in 1861. The story is set in Victorian England and follows the life of a young orphan named Pip. The novel is considered one of Dickens' most popular and influential works.

The story begins with Pip living with his abusive sister and her husband, the blacksmith Joe. One day, he encounters an escaped convict, who threatens him into stealing food and a file from his sister'...

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The story revolves around the lives of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who are physically alike but lead vastly different lives. Charles is a French aristocrat who chooses to live in England and becomes embroiled in the revolution, while Sydney is a dissipated lawyer who is drawn to Charles' wife, Lucie Manette.

The novel begins with the famous opening lines, "It ...